The “Arab Spring” is the name given to the tumultuous political events of 2011… Continue reading
I feel guilty every day that I don’t write about Syria’s revolution… Continue reading
Iranian speculations on Egypt’s Islamists: Shi’ite-style revolutionaries or Turkish-style democrats?
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Thus far the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has weathered the storm that has swept across the Middle East… Continue reading
In a rare glimpse behind the curtain, a Palestinian scandal sheds a lot of light on the Palestinian Authority, Arab politics, and Western illusions… Continue reading
A French junior minister said in an interview published Saturday there was no such thing as moderate Islam… Continue reading
As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading
There are three arguments supporting this policy that are worth discussing in large part because… Continue reading
The uprisings that swept across the Middle East and North Africa during 2011 have largely bypassed Morocco… Continue reading
Only days before parliamentary elections, Egypt is in a huge crisis whose outcome will determine the future of almost… Continue reading
The only honest answer to the question of what will happen in Syria is… Continue reading
What we are seeing is a political Islamist tsunami… Continue reading
The Assad regime suffered a major shock when self-styled “Free Syrian Army” deserters firing shoulder-borne rockets and… Continue reading
How could Qatar’s foreign policy best be defined during the Arab Spring… Continue reading
The New York Times and BBC headlines on the Tunisian elections tell us it is a victory for “moderate Islamists”… Continue reading
The shadowy, scattered and underground Islamist forces have become powerful… Continue reading
Critics have often argued that Western nations have been hypocritical in their policies towards Bahrain… Continue reading
The September 12-16 tour of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya has occasioned the question what role… Continue reading
Muammar Qaddafi’s regime fell in Tripoli just before midnight Sunday… Continue reading
The turmoil in Syria threatens to deprive Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party of one of its most significant foreign policy achievements… Continue reading
After months of rebellion in Syria and heavy repression there, the Obama Administration has finally called for the downfall of… Continue reading
There’s a real war going on with real massive human rights’ violations, real massacres, and real alternatives at stake… Continue reading
Asmaa Mahfouz, the April 6 Youth Movement leader who said she began the Egyptian revolution with a tweet… Continue reading
Thursday night, Aug. 11, US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan agreed to set Syrian… Continue reading
Amid widespread protests during this so-called “Arab Spring,” one place that has received relatively little media coverage is Iraqi Kurdistan… Continue reading
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